Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Retrospective Live

Free and simple real-time retrospective tool

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Retrospective Live launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Reflect▲629

   Fast networked note-taking

   2022 · reflect.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Reflect 2.0▲325

   Networked note-taking, now v2

   2022 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Lookback Live▲264

   Real-time user research on mobile and desktop 🕵 ✍️

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Highlight▲321

   See and act on your webapp's issues and interactions

   2021 · its alternatives →

5. 5WR
   We’re open-sourcing our session replay tool▲408

   Hey HN! We’re open-sourcing highlight.io (https://github.com/highlight/highlight), a session replay and error monitoring tool. Highlight.io gives you a high-precision video-like replay of what users are doing when an error or exception occurs in your web app, along with a full-fledged error monitoring experience (similar to bugsnag, rollbar, etc..). The main value prop of highlight.io is that we help you understand the full context surrounding an error and allow you to drill down to the code path that a user invoked (i.e user clicked button X, sent network request Y, and…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Replay▲279

   Your time travel debugger

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tempo▲79

   Easy task and time tracking

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   (Basic) Bookmarks▲228

   A home for your internet discoveries

   2024 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Session Replay by Zarget▲337

   See how visitors view and use your site.

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cycles▲179

    Visual feedback and approvals for web development

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Fast Retro - Quick online retrospectives▲10

    Free and open source retro tool

    2025 · fastretro.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Remote Tools▲326

    A repository of handpicked tools for remote teams

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Retro tool▲86

    Simple and effective retrospectives for your team

    2020 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Reflect▲301

    Personal data tracking, insights, and experiments

    2025 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Retrospect 2.0▲125

    Real-time collaboration for... retrospectives, tasks & ideas

    2020 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Peek in▲316

    Watch people use your web app in real time

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    AgileSync▲3

    Easiest tool for organising retrospectives

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Toolbar▲150

    Comment & track issues directly on your website

    2025 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Error Monitoring & Session Replay▲269

    Stop guessing why bugs happen

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Precursor▲227

    A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ScrumKits▲133

    Make Sprint Planning & Retrospectives - faster & fun

    2024 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Web Highlights - PDF & Web Highlighter▲190

    Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

    2024 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Virtual Background Images 2.0▲119

    Free virtual background images for online meetings

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    whodidthis.io▲165

    Publish your projects, get meaningful endorsements and more.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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